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Sunday 1 August 2010, 08:17:53

Top news stories from the USA

Teamster Secretary-Treasurer breaks with Hoffa [Star Tribune] 2010-07-31

Bob Herbert: Treatment of workers by American corporations has been worse than most realize [NYT] 2010-07-31

Health Insurers Mull Secret Donor Election Front Group [AFL-CIO] For more info 2010-07-29

USW and Mexican union MIneros explore merger [Talking Union] 2010-07-28

SEIU-UNITE HERE Settlement Reached [Beyond Chron] 2010-07-28

Other labor news from USA

Click on the state name to see labor news from that state.

Building Bridges Radio: Hyatt Workers Civil Disobedience [WBAI's Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report] For more info 2010-08-01

San Francisco. Les travailleurs des hotels Hyatt en grève et en sit-in contre la précarité : 150 arrestations [Journet] 2010-07-31

Texas Historic Rest Break Ordinance Passes in Austin! [Interfaith Worker Justice Blog] For more info 2010-07-30

Téléperformance condamné à payer les heures dues à plus de 15 000 salariés [Miroir] 2010-07-30

Amerikansk arbeidsmarked på bedringens vei [Fri Fagbevegelse] 2010-07-30

California [LVP] For more info 2010-07-30

Nebraska Police contract clears hurdle [Omaha World Herald] For more info 2010-07-30

Visit from AFL-CIO's Trumka cancelled over labour dispute [NZ Herald] 2010-07-30

Visit cancellation by AFL-CIO leader a blow to trade talks - Labour [RNZI] 2010-07-30

Randy Shaw: Implications of the SEIU-UNITEHERE settlement [Talking Union] 2010-07-29

Michigan Detroit Symphony Musicians Targeted for Deep Slashes; Will Other Symphony Orchestra Musicians Also Be Under Gun? [e-releases] 2010-07-29

Too Big Not to Organize [In These Times] 2010-07-29

Failing to Kill Health Care Reform, Insurers Now Fight to Weaken It [AFL-CIO] 2010-07-29

Coalition for Workplace Safety a big con [Hazards magazine] For more info 2010-07-29

Campaign wins ban on deadly floor coating [Hazards magazine] For more info 2010-07-29

Amy B. Dean: from union civil war to labor vision [Talking Union] 2010-07-29

Ohio Billy Pippins, Sodexo Laundry Worker: 'Management knows these quotas are hard to meet...' [Clean Up Sodexo] 2010-07-29

Massachusetts Union to Dunkin’ Donuts: Time to make the contract [Boston Herald] 2010-07-28

Washington Union votes to strike [Spokesman-Review] 2010-07-28

SEIU settles dispute with Unite Here, turns its attention to breakaway group [The Hill] 2010-07-28

Arizona L.A. union members, activists to caravan to Arizona to protest immigration law [LA Times] 2010-07-28

SEIU, Workers United and UNITE HERE Settle Dispute [SEIU] 2010-07-28

From Civil War to Labor Vision [Huffington Post] 2010-07-28

SEIU and Unite Here end 18-month feud [Washington Post] 2010-07-28

''Go ahead, try and make me pay you': wage theft and S.B. 1070' [Working In These Times] For more info 2010-07-27

L'USW impose la neutralité pour faire respecter les droits des travailleurs de Rhodia [ICEM] For more info 2010-07-27

USW exige neutralidad para ganar derechos laborales de trabajadores de Rhodia [ICEM] For more info 2010-07-27

SEIU, UNITE HERE end feud; Unions split food service industry, SEIU to get bank [NY Times] 2010-07-27

Pressured, Nike to help laid-off workers in Honduras [NY Times] 2010-07-27

Pennsylvania Horsehead Corporation Zinc Plant Explosion Beaver County, Kills 2 [NowPublic] 2010-07-27

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Joins in Expressing Heartfelt Sympathies to Families of Victims of Horsehead Zinc Plant Explosion [PA AFL-CIO] 2010-07-27

Service Unions Agree to End a Long Dispute [NYT] 2010-07-27

Feuding labor unions, SEIU and UNITE HERE, settle bitter dispute [AP] 2010-07-27

Michigan Lecturers, 'U' meet with mediator in contract negotiations [The Michigan Daily] 2010-07-27

Minnesota Labor in danger of losing female leaders, study finds [Workday] 2010-07-27

JLC activists, Rabbis, Join Protest for Hyatt Workers [Jewish Labor Committee] 2010-07-26

Nike, union reach agreement following factory closures [Nike/CGT] 2010-07-26

Massey Arrogance Fuels Tougher Workplace Safety Standards [ICEM] For more info 2010-07-26

District of Columbia As Wal-Mart pursues D.C. store, union assails company's wage levels, other employment practices [Washington Post] 2010-07-26

USW Forces Neutrality to Win Labour Rights for Rhodia Workers [ICEM] For more info 2010-07-26

California Teamsters, studios reach agreement [Variety] 2010-07-26

California Hollywood Drivers Ratify Labor Deal, Avert Strike [ABC News] 2010-07-26

California Classified union moves closer to strike [Lodi News-Sentinel] 2010-07-26

California Hollywood Teamsters approve new contract, avoid strike [Los Angeles Independent] 2010-07-26

New York Brooklyn: Immigrant Workers Rally for Justice at Kosher Food Company [Brandworkers International] 2010-07-25

California 152 arrested at San Francisco hotel protest [Associated Press] 2010-07-25

Pennsylvania Hospitality workers arrested during Downtown rally [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] 2010-07-25

District of Columbia DC schools chief fires 5 percent of teachers for being 'ineffective'; WTU says it will challenge layoffs [NY Times] 2010-07-24

District of Columbia Rhee dismisses 241 D.C. teachers; union vows to contest firings [Washington Post] 2010-07-24

New York Women Fight More Than Fire in the FDNY [Inter-Press Service] 2010-07-24

Pennsylvania USW expresses condolences to Horsehead victims, Local sets up memorial fund [Steelworkers] 2010-07-24

California Biotech, CA Osha & Health And Safety Presentation With Dr. Larry Rose [CCWMD] For more info 2010-07-24

Thousands of hotel workers protest at Hyatts nationwide [peoplesworld.org] For more info 2010-07-23

Mississippi Steel union rallies at Omnova headquarters [peoplesworld.org] For more info 2010-07-23

Labor steps up 2010 grassroots election push [peoplesworld.org] For more info 2010-07-23

Hotel workers train for civil disobedience in 15 cities [peoplesworld.org] For more info 2010-07-23

AFT honors Filipino teachers in Louisiana [peoplesworld.org] For more info 2010-07-23

Missouri Court gives unions go-ahead at largest U.S. airline [PAI] For more info 2010-07-23

Union teachers fired up to fight for public schools [peoplesworld.org] For more info 2010-07-23

Money and labor clash in national actions by hotel workers [Talking Union] 2010-07-23

California 美工会曾施压苹果向富士康让利 邀请中国工会结盟 [21cbh.com] ActNOW! 2010-07-23

California US labor group offers helping hand to Foxconn workers [China Daily] Image ActNOW! 2010-07-23

Workers on Doomed Rig Voiced Concern About Safety [NY Times] 2010-07-23

Minnesota First class of heavy equipment operators graduates through new union-community partnership [Workday Minnesota] 2010-07-23

Minnesota MnSCU workers condemn administrator bonuses [Workday Minnesota] 2010-07-23

Senate stops Republican blockade of unemployment benefits [Workday Minnesota] 2010-07-23

Unions help push through critically-needed financial regulation [Workday Minnesota] 2010-07-23

Illinois Wal-Mart Cracks Chicago by Splitting Union, Non-Union Workers [Bloomberg] 2010-07-23

CUT, AFL-CIO Working Together to Address Global Jobs Crisis [AFL-CIO] 2010-07-23

Hyatt faces protests in 15 cities across North America [UNITE Here!] 2010-07-22

Illinois Hyatt hotel workers plan to be arrested today [Chicago Business] 2010-07-22

Illinois Protesting Workers Expect to be Arrested [NBN Chicago] 2010-07-22

Hospitality workers union targets major Obama backer in protests against Hyatt [Washington Post] 2010-07-22

New York 'Living wage' fight brings both positive and negative attention to retail union chief Stuart Appelbaum. [Crain's New York Business] 2010-07-22

New York After 8 Weeks, Striking Motts Workers Vow to Keep Up the Fight [13Wham] 2010-07-22

California Hotel Workers' Demonstration Could Mess Up Your Commute Tomorrow Afternoon [SF Appeal] 2010-07-22

California Union City: The San Francisco Hotel Strike of 1980 [lvpsf] For more info 2010-07-22

Paychecks pay the bills! [UnionRoundtable] 2010-07-22

Illinois Construction strike forces change to Lake Forest Day Parade route [Lake Forester] 2010-07-22

USA:n työttömät saamassa tukirahat takaisin [Helsingin Sanomat] 2010-07-22

Breaking Ground: History of the Operating Engineers Local 3 [IUOE3] For more info 2010-07-22

Massachusetts Demonstrators gear up for Hyatt protest over union-busting strategies [Boston Globe] 2010-07-22

Nebraska Trial over premiums delayed [Omaha World Herald] 2010-07-21

Kaupunki ulkoisti kaiken – poliisitkin irtisanottiin [Talous Sanomat] 2010-07-21

California facebooktwitter rssfacebooktwitter foursquaresmsemail more AC Transit says drivers are staging a 'sick out' [San Francisco Chronicle] 2010-07-21

Illinois Tentative pact reached in construction strike [Chicago Tribune] 2010-07-21

California pro-union law struck down by appeals court [Mercury News] 2010-07-21

Transgender Widow May Lose Her Deceased Husband's Benefits in Lawsuit Over Her Gender [ABC] 2010-07-21

Labour unions deny U.S funding claims [KBC] 2010-07-20

Senate Set to End Stalemate and Extend Jobless Aid [NYT] 2010-07-20

Survey: Migrant workers still poor, miserable [China.org.cn] 2010-07-20

Georgia AFL-CIO VP to join July 22 Atlanta hearing & rally for jobs not foreclosures! [Talking Union] 2010-07-20

New York NYState budget still blocked by push to privatize public higher education [AFT/PSC-CUNY] 2010-07-20

Kuljettajien lakko uhkaa pysäyttää Hollywoodin [YLE Uutiset] 2010-07-20

Työttömyyskorvausten loppuminen uhkaa miljoonia amerikkalaisia [Kaleva] 2010-07-20

Nebraska Nebraska jury says UP owes injured worker $560K [ap] 2010-07-20

Marée noire : BP également négligent en santé au travail [HESA] 2010-07-19

Забастовка водителей грозит парализовать Голливуд [Новости кино] 2010-07-19

Union accuses immigration agency of discrimination in leak probe [Washington Post] 2010-07-19

SAT Test Prep as a Union Perk [NYT] 2010-07-19